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In early 2017, people around the world started hearing stories about how authorities in Chechnya were persecuting people from the LGBTQ community. Reports of people disappearing, of deaths, torture and abuse started trickling out. In his new documentary film, “Welcome to Chechnya,” which debuts Tuesday on HBO, director David France follows crisis workers and victims both in Chechnya and throughout...

The United Nations created global standards for the use of force by police 30 years ago. Despite that, only 21 countries meet those standards — and those countries don't include the US itself. A recent study from The University of Chicago finds that none of the police departments in the 20 largest US cities are in compliance with the minimum standards under international human rights laws. The Wor...

Beijing has formally adopted a controversial national security law for Hong Kong, strengthening its grip on the semi-autonomous territory. The World's Marco Werman speaks with Emily Lau, a former member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, and with the artist and dissident Ai Weiwei about what the law will mean for civil liberties in Hong Kong.

In Italy, which was the epicenter of the coronavirus in Europe, people said goodbye to those who've lost their lives to COVID-19 at a ceremony in the province of Bergamo. A live orchestra played the unfinished Requiem funeral Mass by Gaetano Donizetti, a Bergamo native and one of Italy’s most important 19th-century composers. Host Marco Werman has the story.

The Black Lives Movement is spreading in Europe, highlighting issues for people of color across the continent. For one musician in Italy, the issue is citizenship — and who gets to call themselves Italian. Angelica Marin reports on rapper Karimia 2G. 

Since early 2019, Glen Powell has been sharing recipes from vintage cookbooks, including many from the Depression era, on his YouTube channel, "Glen and Friends Cooking." But recently, as coronavirus forces home cooks to get creative in the kitchen, some of these recipes have taken off in a big way. Host Marco Werman speaks to Glen Powell in Toronto.

The current push for racial equity is making just about every institution take a hard look at diversity and inclusion. The environmental movement is no different. The World’s Anna Kusmer looks at how the mainstream environmental movement is changing. Young activists are leading the way by putting pressure on green groups and starting their own projects.

We've reported on how George Floyd's death has sparked anti-racism protests across the globe. But in France, the Black Lives Matter movement has also brought renewed attention to the cases of Black men killed in police custody in that country. Host Marco Werman speaks with El Hadji Malick Ndiaye, the director of the French in France and Africa program at Seattle University.

She's become the face of the North Korean regime. Kim Yo-jong is the half-sister of North Korea's supreme leader, Kim Jong-un. Not so long ago, she was a pretty obscure figure. But these days, Kim Yo-jong is seen as the second-most powerful leader in North Korea. But as The World's Patrick Winn reports, that doesn't necessarily mean that she's going to be her brother's successor.

Consumer giant Unilever announced it will rebrand its bestselling skin-lightening cream, Fair & Lovely, by dropping the word "fair" from its name. It will also remove words such as “fair/fairness,” “white/whitening” and “light/lightening” from its branding and packaging. Unilever and its Indian subsidiary, Hindustan Unilever, have faced backlash for promoting colorism, or discrimination agains...

Pumas prowling the empty streets of downtown Santiago, Chile. Jackals risking broad daylight in the city parks of Tel Aviv, Israel. A pack of mountain goats scampering around a deserted town in North Wales. Christian Rutz, an evolutionary ecologist at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, speaks to The World's host Marco Werman about his global research proposal to understand wildlife movemen...

After about four months of lockdown, officials in Iran announced that businesses can reopen. They insisted that the pandemic is not over and people would have to take precautions, such as wearing masks and not gathering in groups. But in reality, those guidelines were much harder to implement. And now infections have spiked again. The World's Shirin Jaafari reports.

US intelligence and military officials have long been on the lookout for Russian meddling in the US war in Afghanistan. Recently, news reports say Russia was offering Taliban fighters cash rewards for killing American troops. Retired US Army General David Petraeus, also a former CIA director, talks with The World’s Marco Werman about how the US should respond if the reports are verified.

An American mom sparked a transatlantic war — over tea. Her TikTok video on how to make “British tea” got pushback from the UK’s ambassador to the US. Host Marco Werman has the story.

Facebook has decided to prohibit the sale of historic artifacts on its platform. This comes after intense lobbying by activists concerned that most of the items are looted from conflict zones such as Iraq and Syria. Activists are pleased but want more to be done. Host Marco Werman speaks with one of those activists, Amr al-Azm, an archaeologist and professor at Shawnee State University in Ohio.

A Moscow court has found prominent theater director Kirill Serebrennikov and two codefendants guilty of criminal fraud in a controversial case that his supporters say is politically motivated. Several hundred supporters of the codefendants, including famous rapper Oxxxymiron, popular actors and other cultural figures, gathered outside Moscow’s Meshchansky district court ahead of the verdict. Repor...

US President Donald Trump welcomed Poland’s President Andrzej Duda of Poland to the White House on Wednesday — four days before Poland’s election. Author and Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Applebaum tells host Marco Werman that from her vantage in Warsaw, Duda’s photo-op with Trump might have gained him points at home. Or, it might be a gamble that doesn’t pay off.

Last week's Supreme Court ruling that the Trump administration could not immediately end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was a relief for hundreds of thousands of immigrants and their families in the US. But as The World’s Monica Campbell reports, living with DACA status has forced some immigrants to make agonizing decisions. Some have chosen to leave the US entirely.

The US has released its annual report on human trafficking. This year’s report highlights significant progress around the world. But that alarms advocates, who say they're seeing exactly the opposite. They worry the Trump administration's positive message is coming at the worst possible time, as more people fall prey to trafficking because of the global economic turndown.

The US State Department issued its Country Reports on Terrorism 2019 this week. It's an annual look back at terrorism globally. Host Marco Werman speaks with Emerita Torres, director of policy research and programs at The Soufan Center, on the report’s main takeaways.

In parts of Latin America, the number of coronavirus infections keeps rising. Politicians are faced with a choice: risking millions of people going without work or millions getting sick. The World’s Jorge Valencia has the story on independent scientists in Peru trying to do their part.

A number of so-called “instant” tests for COVID-19 are being developed that could offer results within minutes. That could expand testing dramatically and help hospitals in the most vulnerable of places: elder care homes. But the instant tests need to be evaluated to see if they’re any good. In the UK, that job has fallen on the University of Manchester. Their COVID-19 National Diagnostic Research...

Nigerian singer Yemi Alade has just come out with a new single for the summer of 2020. "Boyz" is a track you can dance to in the privacy of hot weather lockdown — because you really oughta be locked down, says host Marco Werman.

Thursday is the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War — which never really ended. North and South Korea remain enemies to this day. In democratic South Korea, it's illegal to praise the North, visit there, watch North Korean television or read its newspapers. But one thing South Koreans can do is visit the Pyongyang Pub, one of the country's few North Korean-themed restaurants. Grace Moo...

Six months after US President Donald Trump unveiled his peace plan for the Middle East, Israel is on the verge of annexing parts of the West Bank. Palestinians, US Arab allies and other foreign governments have criticized the plan. Where does the Trump administration stand? Host Marco Werman speaks with Martin Indyk, former US ambassador to Israel and US special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian negot...